Leaked memo shows government lied over its homeless policies

It also states that the associated costs would mean that the measures wouldn't even save money.

Their lack of concern for the homeless is all too believable, but since the policy was announced in October last year they have repeatedly stated that homelessness would not rise and that it was not possible to quantify the impact.

We now know that Cameron and Pickles did have figures on the impact: they weren't telling the truth!

Independent research has been piling up showing the impact of benefit changes since they were announced but the government told us they were unable to do the sums. Read More: